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Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of "charlatan"?

a)

A rapid spread or increase

b)

A fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge

c)

Inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep

d)

To spread or scatter widely

2.

What does "corroborate" mean?

a)

To support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of

b)

To branch off in different directions from the same starting point

c)

To cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected

d)

Illegal

3.

What does "diverge" mean?

a)

To branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different

b)

A fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge

c)

Illegal

d)

To support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of

4.

What is the definition of "dormant"?

a)

Inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep

b)

A rapid spread or increase

c)

To cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected

d)

To spread or scatter widely

5.

What is the definition of "precipitate"?

a)

To cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected

b)

To branch off in different directions from the same starting point

c)

A rapid spread or increase

d)

Illegal

6.

Which word means "a fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge"?

a)

Charlatan

b)

Corroborate

c)

Disseminate

d)

Diverge

7.

Which word means "to support; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of"?

a)

Corroborate

b)

Dormant

c)

Illicit

d)

Precipitate

8.

Which word means "inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep"?

a)

Dormant

b)

Proliferation

c)

Charlatan

d)

Corroborate

9.

What does the word "irrevocable" mean?

a)

Able to be changed

b)

Not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible

c)

Temporary

d)

Flexible

10.

I wonder how people who earn their money through ______ means can enjoy their wealth. For me, gaining money illegally would spoil much of the pleasure.

a)

illicit

b)

legal

c)

honest

d)

ethical

11.

The ______ of flowers along the borders of country roads is partly due to people throwing their extra flower seeds out on the roadsides.

a)

proliferation

b)

charlatan

c)

corroborate

d)

disseminate

e)

diverge

12.

Which is the synonym for: charlatan?

a)

tutor

b)

actor

c)

investor

d)

con artist

13.

Which is the synonym for: corroborate?

a)

disprove

b)

authenticate

c)

invalidate

d)

veto

14.

Which is the synonym for: diverge?

a)

direct

b)

arrive

c)

stay

d)

deviate